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A private jet thought to be carrying boxing fans crashed in northern Mexico after leaving Las Vegas on Sunday, killing all 13 people on board.

The wreckage of the plane was discovered in a remote mountainous zone in the municipality of Ocampo, the Coahuila state government said.

Local TV networks broadcast a picture which appeared to show the burnt remnants of the plane, broken into pieces and spread over charred earth.

Mexican authorities said a flight plan listed three crew members and 10 passengers on board at the time. "There were no survivors seen" at the crash site, officials confirmed.

The passengers had reportedly been to a boxing match between Mexican boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and American fighter Daniel Jacobs in the US city on Saturday night.

The Bombardier Challenger 601 left Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon and was scheduled to land in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Sunday evening but never arrived, prompting a search.

In a statement, Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Inc confirmed the aircraft involved was a Challenger 601 and said the plane had gone missing about 150 nautical miles from the northern Mexican city of Monclova.

The company expressed its condolences to the victims and said it had contacted Canada's transportation safety board and would work with the investigating authorities.

Mexican broadcaster Televisa reported the twin-engine jet lost contact on Sunday with air traffic controllers sometime after 5:20 pm local time (10.20pm GMT) as the pilot descended to avoid a storm.

The nationalities of the victims were not immediately clear, but the surnames of the three crew and 10 passengers published by the Coahuila government were all Hispanic. It appears several of those dead are from the same family.

Authorities said bad weather could have played a part in the crash.

"There has been a lot of atmospheric activity and instability recently. Over the past four days, we've had rain storms, hail and winds with gusts of more than 37 miles per hour," Francisco Martinez, Coahuila's deputy public safety minister, told TV network Milenio.